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I STOP THE MADNESS There's a miraculous new treatment for schizophrenia that could transform the way we treat mental illness. And then there are the terrible reasons why most medical professionals have never heard of it. BY JONATHAN COHN ART BY GLEN BROWN Page 1 of 24 Schizophrenia In America - The Huffington Post 10/16/2015 http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/stop-the-madness/

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New treatment for Schizophrenia that could transform the way to treat mental illness

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  • ISTOP THEMADNESSThere's a miraculous new treatment for schizophrenia thatcould transform the way we treat mental illness. And then

    there are the terrible reasons why most medicalprofessionals have never heard of it.

    BY JONATHAN COHNAR T B Y G L E N B R OWN

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  • NWe commissioned Glen Brown, an art ist with schizophrenia, to i l lustrate what the stages of psychosis feel l ike. First image: " I 'mcalm, but I know something is off in the back of my mind." Second image: "I 'm feel ing weird and alert. I know something iswrong, but can't pin it . Tiny whispers."

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  • Psychosis was a sort ofearthquake in our reality,Tamara explained. Just likewith a major earthquake youfind yourself not trusting theearth youre walking on.

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  • TFirst image: "Start sweating. The whispers become loud. Hal lucinations appear. I become anti-social." Second image: "Thewhispers become louder. Fear and anger sets in. The feel ing that everyone is against me and wants to hurt me in the worst way."

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  • For each dollar on medicalresearch that the governmentspends through the NationalInstitutes of Health, less thanfour cents goes to all mental

    illnesses.

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  • I"Ful l-on psychosis. Al l I want to do is run away and hide in a box away from everything, even from myself. L ike my soul wants tojump out of my body. Everything wants to k il l me. Al l act ions are based on fear."

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  • ABOUT THE ART

    CREDITS

    Story - Jonathan Cohn

    Art - Glen Brown

    Development - Dan McCarey

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